Winners

1.Oregon's ego is being stroked by the likes of Time and Newsweek these days. Thanks to the upcoming Ken Burns documentary, our original heroes, Lewis and Clark, are replacing Tonya and Packwood as our state's best-known personalities.

2. Former Blazer center Chris Dudley was highlighted on America Online's "What's Hot" page last week. As the NBA season got under way, Dudley, now a Knick, was touted as a key to New York's last chance to squeeze a championship out of the Patrick Ewing era.

3. Enviros should be smiling this week. The Sustainable Business Symposium--a coalition of University of Oregon law school students--is holding a conference Nov. 10-12 to discuss ways of promoting environmentally friendly business practices. The conference features business leaders, including folks from

Losers

1. The United Steel Workers of America, who are running a strike for better pension, pay and overtime guidelines at Oregon Steel's Pueblo, Colo., site, targeted Wells Fargo Bank for a Nov. 4 midday protest. Wells Fargo is Oregon Steel's leading lender.

2. A new report by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan Washington, D.C., group that analyzes campaign-finance trends, identified Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden as the nation's fifth-worst senator when it comes to fully disclosing contributors' employer or occupation. That category is important for tracking corporate giving. Wyden failed to fully disclose the information for nearly 25 percent of his donors in his 1996 Senate race.

3.North by Northwest took a hit in the Business Journal this week. Although the article in Portland's weekly business tabloid didn't back up its spicy front-page lead paragraph, the message screaming out of news boxes all over town belittled the WW-sponsored music festival, saying large club owners were critical of the event and might not participate next year.